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Ultrastar® DC HC550 TCG Opal Self-Encrypting Drive and Ultrastar® DC HC650 TCG Opal Self-Encrypting Drive

FIPS 140-2 certificate #4269 · Western Digital Corporation · data as of 2026-08-28
Active. Sunset date 2026-09-21, 23 days away. This is the FIPS 140-2 sunset: after it, agencies may keep the module only in existing systems.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number4269
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statusactive
Sunset date2026-09-21
Overall level1
Module typeHardware
EmbodimentMulti-Chip Embedded
VendorWestern Digital Corporation · website
Hardware versionsP/Ns WUH721818AL4206 [2],WUH721816ALN6L6 [2], WSH722020AL4206 [1]
Firmware versionsR463 [1] and R670 [2]

Module description

The self-encrypting 18TB Ultrastar® DC HC550 HDD and 20TB Ultrastar® DC HC650 HDD, meet or exceed data center performance and security requirements. Both HDDs incorporate sixth-generation HelioSeal® and Energy-Assisted Magnetic Recording technology. EAMR allows for high media precision and increaesed areal density. The host-managed SMR Ultrastar® DC HC650 rpovides data centers with the highest capacity HDD. Higher capacity translates to lower CapEx. Lower power consumption contributees to OpEx savings. A 2.5M hours MTBF, means both HDDs provide high reliability for mission critical environment

Security level exceptions

  • Roles, Services, and Authentication: Level 2
  • Operational Environment: Level 2
  • EMI/EMC: Level 3
  • Design Assurance: Level 2
  • Mitigation of Other Attacks: N/A

Approved algorithms

AlgorithmCAVP certificate
AES3580, A670
CKGvendor affirmed
DRBGA1390
ENT
HMAC2280
PBKDFA1390
RSAA1390
SHS2942

Tested configurations

  • N/A

Validation history

DateTypeLab
2022-07-18InitialUL 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 active
  • Validation dates on record: 2022-07-18

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