Ultrastar® He¹² and Ultrastar® DC HC520 TCG Enterprise HDD
Western Digital Corporation - FIPS 140 #4010
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
Key facts
- Scheme
- FIPS 140
- Certificate
- 4010
- Standard
- FIPS 140-2
- Security level
- Level 2
- Status
- historical
- Vendor
- Western Digital Corporation
- Module type
- Hardware
- Embodiment
- Multi-Chip Embedded
- Lab
- UL Verification Services, Inc.
- First validated
- August 19, 2021
- Versions
- P/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]; R925 [1], R92C [2], R9C0 [3], NM08 [4], NM09 [5], R9G0 [6], NM10 [7], R9U0 [8], R9Y0 [9] and RB01 [10]
- Caveat
- When operated in FIPS mode, installed, initialized and configured as specified in Sections 2.1 and 7.2 of the Security Policy
Algorithms
- AES
- DRBG
- HMAC
- RSA
- SHS
Algorithm families of the CAVP certificates listed for this module, plus post-quantum algorithms named in its documents.
CVEs that may affect this product
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Documents and sources
Source: sec-certs.org (CRoCS, Masaryk University), from NIST CMVP and the Common Criteria Portal - dataset of September 21, 2026 - synced October 15, 2026
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