The rapid The main problem in the misuse of data used in crime is the result of a lack of file security. This study proposes a data security method to protect document files using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm combined with the Vigenere Cipher. This research carried out 2 processes, namely the encryption process and the decryption process. The encryption process will be carried out by the AES algorithm and then encrypted again with the Vigenere Cipher algorithm. The experiments show that the proposed method can encrypt files properly, where there are changes in the value of the document file and the encrypted file cannot be opened and the description results do not cause changes to the original file. The results of this study are that the system is able to work properly so as to produce file encryption and decryption using the AES method combined with the Vigenere Cipher. In document files, the largest difference in encryption and decryption time is 8 seconds, while in image files the difference in encryption and decryption time is 17 seconds. This longest time difference is generated by large files.