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Ultrastar® He¹² and Ultrastar® DC HC520 TCG Enterprise HDD

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4010 · 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 number4010
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
Overall level2
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Embedded
VendorWestern Digital Corporation · website
Hardware versionsP/Ns HUH721212AL5205 (1) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10], HUH721212AL5205 (2) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10], HUH721212AL4205 (1) [1, 6, 8, 9, 10] and HUH721212AL4205 (2) [1, 6, 8, 9, 10]
Firmware versionsR925 [1], R92C [2], R9C0 [3], NM08 [4], NM09 [5], R9G0 [6], NM10 [7], R9U0 [8], R9Y0 [9] and RB01 [10]

Module description

Self-encrypting Ultrastar® He¹² and Ultrastar® DC HC520 TCG Enterprise HDDs, from Western Digital, meet or exceed the most demanding performance and security requirements. They incorporate fourth-generation HelioSeal® technology, use PMR technology and are the industry's first 12TB drive that is drop-in ready for any enterprise-capacity application or environment. Targeted at 2.5M hours MTBF, the Ultrastar He¹² and Ultrastar DC HC520 provide the highest reliability rating available of all HDDs on the market today. They build on the design success of their 10TB, 8TB and 6TB predecessors

Security level exceptions

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

Approved algorithms

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

Allowed algorithms

NDRNG

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2021-08-19InitialUL Verification Services, Inc.
2022-02-04UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2022-05-06UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2023-01-25UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2023-09-01UpdateUL Verification Services, Inc.
2024-01-10UpdateUL 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: 2021-08-19, 2022-02-04, 2022-05-06, 2023-01-25, 2023-09-01, 2024-01-10

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