A good password will use the whole character set. This means at least one of each of: upper case letter, lower case letter, a number and a punctuation character.
Use something like 747!aDa-Wh
(the use of upper and lower case letters is recommended and a mix is required).
It is a bad idea to use dictionary words, from any language, to form a password as it is too
easy to crack.
One technique is to use initial letters of a phrase (that is not too well known):
Iavptmy.10: I am very pleased to meet you.
Please do not use any of these example passwords yourself!
Do not use your name or initials, your logon name, your telephone number, a common English or foreign word, or any of these reversed or repeated. Programs exist which can crack such passwords.
A minimum password length of 12 characters is recommended.
Someone who discovers/guesses/captures your password could:
Do not keep using the password given to you initially. Set a new personal password when you first log on. Do not write your password down, do not let anyone watch you typing it in, and do not keep a copy on the computer!
You must not give your password to anyone else for whatever reason. If you wish to share information with a colleague there are ways of doing this safely without compromising your password. If in doubt ask IT Support.
Do not use your AEI password on other computer systems.