The information in this guide is best applied in the context of current technology and applications. It also provides guidance for information disposition sanitization and control decisions to be made throughout the system life cycle. Forms of media exist that are not addressed by this guide, and media are yet to be developed and deployed that are not covered by this guide. In those cases, the intent of this guide outlined in the procedures section applies to all forms of media based on the evaluated security categorization of the system’s confidentiality according to FIPS 199, Standards for.