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Ultrastar® DC HC310 and Ultrastar® DC HC320 TCG Enterprise HDD

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3265 · Western Digital Corporation · data as of 2026-09-03

Ultrastar® DC HC310 and Ultrastar® DC HC320 TCG Enterprise HDD, from Western Digital Corporation, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #3265 at overall level 2. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its validation history, algorithm certificates and security policy, drawn from the NIST CMVP entry.

Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode, installed, initialized and configured as specified in Sections 2.1 and 7.2 of the Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number3265
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Embedded
VendorWestern Digital Corporation · website
Hardware versionsP/Ns HUS726T4TAL4205 (1) [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9], HUS726T4TAL5205 (1) [1, 2, 3, 8, 9], HUS726T4TALS205 (1) [1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9], HUS726T6TAL4205 (1) [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10], HUS726T6TAL5205 (1) [1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10], HUS728T8TAL4205 (1) [4, 6, 8, 9, 10] and HUS728T8TAL5205 (1) [4, 8, 9, 10]
Firmware versionsR40C [1], R40H [2], R40K [3], R410 [4], R41C [5], R420 [6], R41N [7], R430 [8], R460 [9] or R4B0 [10]

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

Self-encrypting Ultrastar® DC HC310 and Ultrastar DC HC320 TCG Enterprise 12Gb/s SAS Hard-Disk drives, from Western Digital, meet or exceed the most demanding performance and security requirements. The Ultrastar DC HC310 and Ultrastar DC HC320 use PMR technology. They are drop-in ready for any entrance-capacity application or environment. Targeted at 2M hours MTBF, the Ultrastar DC HC310 and Ultrastar DC HC320 provides the highest reliability rating available of all HDDs on the market today.

Security level exceptions

  • EMI/EMC: Level 3
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms (7)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES3880, 3881
CKGvendor affirmed
DRBG1108
HMAC2522
PBKDFvendor affirmed
RSA1978
SHS3203, 3204

Allowed algorithms

NDRNG

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2018-08-23InitialUL Verification Services, Inc.
2018-10-25UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2019-01-31UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2019-04-30UpdateUL 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: 2018-08-23, 2018-10-25, 2019-01-31, 2019-04-30

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