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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 2026-10-09

Ultrastar® DC HC550 TCG Opal Self-Encrypting Drive and Ultrastar® DC HC650 TCG Opal Self-Encrypting Drive, from Western Digital Corporation, holds FIPS 140-2 certificate #4269 at overall level 1. The validation is historical: agencies may keep the module in existing systems but not buy it new. Below are its algorithm certificates, its validation history, and the list moves this tracker has observed, which NIST does not date.

Historical. Moved to historical list due to sunsetting. Federal agencies may reference historical validations for existing systems only, not for new procurement. Observed moving to historical on 2026-09-22. It was one of the last FIPS 140-2 certificates, all moved at the 140-2 sunset on 2026-09-21.
Caveat: When operated in FIPS mode

Certificate

Certificate number4269
StandardFIPS 140-2
Statushistorical
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

Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.

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 (8)

AlgorithmCAVP certificates
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 historical at the time of the earliest snapshot
  • 2026-09-22: observed moving from active to historical
  • Validation dates on record: 2022-07-18

Source documents