Ultrastar® DC SN655 BiCS5 NVMe® TCG Opal SSD, SED
Ultrastar® DC SN655 BiCS5 NVMe® TCG Opal SSD, SED, from SanDisk Technologies Inc, holds FIPS 140-3 certificate #5422 at overall level 2. The validation is active, with a sunset date of 2031-07-15. Below are its validation history, algorithm certificates and security policy, drawn from the NIST CMVP entry.
Caveat: When installed, initialized, and configured as specified in Section 11 of the Security Policy. No operator authentication is enforced for executing security services that were unlocked by an authenticated service
Certificate
| Certificate number | 5422 |
|---|---|
| Standard | FIPS 140-3 |
| Status | active |
| Sunset date | 2031-07-15 |
| Overall level | 2 |
| Module type | Hardware |
| Embodiment | MultiChipEmbed |
| Vendor | SanDisk Technologies Inc · website |
Module description
Quoted from the NIST CMVP entry for this certificate.
The Module is a PCIe Gen-4 x4 dual-port NVMe SSD that supports TCG Opal SSC v2.01. This SSD is a non-volatile, low latency, high-performance storage device intended for cloud, hyper-scale, enterprise data centers and computing environments. This SED device comes in a U.3 form factor physical enclosure.
Security level exceptions
- Operational environment: N/A
- Non-invasive security: N/A
- Mitigation of other attacks: N/A
Validation history
| Date | Type | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-16 | Initial | atsec information security corporation |
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: 2026-07-16