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Ultrastar® DC HC530 TCG Enterprise HDD

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3396 · Western Digital Corporation · data as of 2026-09-03

Ultrastar® DC HC530 TCG Enterprise HDD, from Western Digital Corporation, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #3396 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 number3396
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Embedded
VendorWestern Digital Corporation
Hardware versionsP/Ns WUH721414AL5205 and WUH721414AL4205
Firmware versionsR075 or R07G

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

Western Digital self-encrypting 14TB Ultrastar® DC HC530 TCG Enterprise Hard-Disk drives meet or exceed the most demanding performance and security requirements. The Ultrastar® DC HC530, utilize fifth-generation HelioSeal technology. Designed to handle workloads up to 550TB per year, the CMR based Ultrastar® DC HC530 provides drop-in simplicity in enterprise and cloud data centers. TDMR technology and third-generation dual-stage microactuator work together to enhance head-positioning accuracy and deliver better performance, data integrity and overall drive reliability.

Security level exceptions

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

Approved algorithms (7)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES5943, 5944
CKGvendor affirmed
DRBG2495
HMAC3917
PBKDFvendor affirmed
RSA3120
SHS4695, 4696

Allowed algorithms

NDRNG

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2019-03-12InitialUL Verification Services, Inc.
2020-05-26UpdateUL 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: 2019-03-12, 2020-05-26

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