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Ultrastar® DC HC530 TCG Enterprise HDD

FIPS 140-2 certificate #3697 · Western Digital Corporation · 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: When operated in FIPS mode, installed, initialized and configured as specified in Sections 2.1 and 7.2 of the Security Policy

Certificate

Certificate number3697
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Embedded
VendorWestern Digital Corporation
Hardware versionsP/Ns WUH721414AL5205 and WUH721414AL4205
Firmware versionsR221, R240, R2L0, R2V0, R2W0, R400 or 3P00

Module description

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 a 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

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

Allowed algorithms

NDRNG

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2020-08-17InitialUL Verification Services, Inc.
2022-04-22UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2023-01-27UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2023-09-19UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2024-01-24UpdateUL 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: 2020-08-17, 2022-04-22, 2023-01-27, 2023-09-19, 2024-01-24

Source documents