Online backup protection

Location: Options > Advanced > Backup protection

To protect your data on Acronis Cloud from unauthorized access, you can use encryption. In this case, your data will be stored on Acronis Cloud in an encrypted form. To encrypt and decrypt your data, the program needs the password, that you should specify when you configure the online backup. You can specify any set of characters you like. Note that the password is case-sensitive.

state_warning_small.png Warning! A password of an online backup cannot be retrieved. Please memorize the password that you specify for backup protection.

While attempting to access the encrypted data, the program asks you to enter the password.

Note that you cannot set or change the password for a pre-existing online backup.