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Ultrastar® DC SS530 TCG Enterprise SSD

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3412 · Western Digital Corporation · data as of 2026-10-21

Ultrastar® DC SS530 TCG Enterprise SSD, from Western Digital Corporation, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #3412 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. The module generates cryptographic keys whose strengths are modified by available entropy

Certificate

Certificate number3412
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Embedded
VendorWestern Digital Corporation · website
Firmware versionsR900 [1], R901 [2], R920 [3], R925 [4], R92C [5], R957 [6], R95A [7], R95D [8], R960 [9], R962 [10] and R963 [11]

Module description

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

Western Digital's Ultrastar® Self-Encrypting TCG Enterprise drives meet or exceed the most demanding performance and security requirements. The Ultrastar® DC SS530 solid-state TCG Enterprise 2.5-inch SAS drive leverages the proven architecture of the prior generation Ultrastar SS300 with second-generation 3D TLC NAND flash memory. The 12Gb/s SAS interface and 1, 3 and 10 drive writes per day (DW/D) offerings meet the most stringent data center requirements.

Security level exceptions

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

Approved algorithms (7)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
AES4281, 4309
CKGvendor affirmed
DRBG1341
HMAC2817
PBKDFvendor affirmed
RSA2302
SHS3517, 3519

Allowed algorithms

NDRNG

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2019-03-21InitialUL Verification Services, Inc.
2019-03-28UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2019-06-19UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2019-10-01UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2020-04-22UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2020-08-31UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2021-06-15UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2022-07-07UpdateUL 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: 2019-03-21, 2019-03-28, 2019-06-19, 2019-10-01, 2020-04-22, 2020-08-31, 2021-06-15, 2022-07-07

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