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HGST Ultrastar C15K600 TCG Enterprise HDDs

FIPS 140-2 certificate #2264 · HGST, a Western Digital company · data as of 2026-08-28
Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: None

Certificate

Certificate number2264
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-chip embedded
VendorHGST, a Western Digital company · website
Hardware versionsHUC156060CS4205 (1) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], HUC156060CS4205 (2) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9], HUC156045CS4205 (1) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], HUC156045CS4205 (2) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9], HUC156030CS4205 (1) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], HUC156030CS4205 (2) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9], HUC156060CSS205 (1) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], HUC156060CSS205 (2) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9], HUC156045CSS205 (1) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], HUC156045CSS205 (2) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9], HUC156030CSS205 (1) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], and HUC156030CSS205 (2) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Firmware versionsR3A0 [1], R3F0 [2], R3R0 [3], R3X0 [4], R3X2 [5], R703 [6], R7G2 [7], R904 [8] or RA01 [9])

Module description

HGST Self-Encrypting Drives implement TCG Storage specifications, and meet or exceed the most demanding performance and security requirements. The Ultrastar C15K600 series are 12Gbs SAS, TCG Enterprise HDDs.

Security level exceptions

  • Cryptographic Module Specification: Level 3
  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 3
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES2067, 2365
DRBG302
HMAC1468
PBKDFvendor affirmed
RSA1220
SHS2037

Other algorithms

NDRNG

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2014-10-10InitialUL Verification Services, Inc.
2015-02-20UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2015-08-07UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2016-04-04UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2016-12-19UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2018-02-23UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.

Status timeline

As observed by this tracker's snapshots. NIST publishes no dates for list moves; observation began 2026-08-21, so earlier changes carry no date.

  • 2026-08-21: first observed by this tracker, status historical
  • Validation dates on record: 2014-10-10, 2015-02-20, 2015-08-07, 2016-04-04, 2016-12-19, 2018-02-23

Source documents