Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation

3 Months Ended

May 01, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Description of the Business and Basis of Presentation

DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Description of the Business

SecureWorks Corp. (individually and collectively with its consolidated subsidiaries, "Secureworks" or the "Company") is a leading global provider of technology-driven information security solutions singularly focused on protecting the Company's customers from cyber attacks.

On April 27, 2016, the Company completed its initial public offering ("IPO"). Upon the closing of the IPO, Dell Technologies Inc. ("Dell Technologies"), owned, indirectly through Dell Inc. ("Dell") and Dell's subsidiaries, no shares of the Company's outstanding Class A common stock and all outstanding shares of the Company's outstanding Class B common stock, which as of May 1, 2020 represented approximately 85.2% of the Company's total outstanding shares of common stock and approximately 98.3% of the combined voting power of both classes of the Company's outstanding common stock.

The Company has one primary business activity, which is to provide customers with information security solutions. The Company's chief operating decision maker, who is the Chief Executive Officer, makes operating decisions, assesses performance, and allocates resources on a consolidated basis. There are no segment managers who are held accountable for operations and operating results below the consolidated unit level. Accordingly, Secureworks operates its business as a single reportable segment.

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

The Company's condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make assumptions and estimations that affect the amounts reported in the Company's financial statements and notes. The inputs into certain of the Company's assumptions and estimations considered the economic implications of the coronavirus disease 2019 ("COVID-19") pandemic on the Company's critical and significant accounting estimates. The condensed consolidated financial statements include assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses of all majority-owned subsidiaries.

For the periods presented, Dell has provided various corporate services to the Company in the ordinary course of business, including finance, tax, human resources, legal, insurance, IT, procurement and facilities-related services. The cost of these services is charged in accordance with a shared services agreement that went into effect on August 1, 2015. For more information regarding the charges for these services and related party transactions, see "Note 11—Related Party Transactions."

During the periods presented in the financial statements, Secureworks did not file separate federal tax returns, as the Company is generally included in the tax grouping of other Dell entities within the respective entity's tax jurisdiction. The income tax benefit has been calculated using the separate return method, modified to apply the benefits for loss approach. Under the benefits for loss approach, net operating losses or other tax attributes are characterized as realized or as realizable by Secureworks when those attributes are utilized or expected to be utilized by other members of the Dell consolidated group. See "Note 10—Income and Other Taxes" for more information.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statement presentation. The year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. In the opinion of management, all adjustments consisting of normal recurring accruals and disclosures considered necessary for a fair statement have been included. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and related financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the related notes thereto for the year ended January 31, 2020 included in Part II, Item 8 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 27, 2020 (the "Annual Report").

Fiscal Year

The Company’s fiscal year is the 52- or 53-week period ending on the Friday closest to January 31. The Company refers to the fiscal year ending January 29, 2021 and the fiscal year ended January 31, 2020 as fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, respectively. Both fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020 have 52 weeks, and each quarter has 13 weeks.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Estimates are revised as additional information becomes available. In the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, estimates are used when accounting for revenue arrangements, determining the cost of revenue, allocating cost and estimating the impact of contingencies. In the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, estimates are used in determining the valuation and recoverability of assets, such as accounts receivables, inventories, fixed assets, goodwill and other identifiable intangible assets, and estimates are used in determining the reported amounts of liabilities, such as taxes payable and the impact of contingencies, all of which also impact the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Actual results could differ from these estimates due to risks and uncertainties, including uncertainty in the current economic environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company considered the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its estimates and assumptions and determined there was not a material impact to the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended May 1, 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to develop, many of the Company's estimates could require increased judgment and be subject to a higher degree of variability and volatility. As events continue to evolve, the Company's estimates may change materially in future periods.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software—The Company adopted Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") 2018-15, "Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract," effective February 1, 2020. ASU 2018-15 aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs in such cloud computing arrangements with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. The adoption of the standard had no material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Intangibles - Goodwill and Other—The Company adopted ASU No. 2017-04, "Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment," effective February 1, 2020. ASU 2017-04 eliminates Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test, which required the Company to determine the implied fair value of goodwill by allocating the reporting unit's fair value to each of its assets and liabilities as if the reporting unit was acquired in a business acquisition. The updated guidance requires an entity to perform its annual or interim goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying value, and recognizing a non-cash impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the reporting unit's fair value, with the loss not exceeding the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. The adoption of the standard had no impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Financial Instruments - Credit Losses—The Company adopted ASU No. 2016-13, "Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments," effective February 1, 2020. The amendments in this update replace the incurred loss impairment methodology in current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. The adoption of the standard had no material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Under the new standard, the Company assesses its allowance for credit losses on trade receivables by taking into consideration forecasts of future economic conditions, information about past events, such as its historical trend of write-offs, and customer-specific circumstances, such as bankruptcies and disputes. The allowance for credit losses on trade receivables is recorded in operating expenses in the Company's condensed consolidated statement of operations.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no significant changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies as of and for the three months ended May 1, 2020, as compared to the significant accounting policies described in the Annual Report.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Income Taxes. In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB") issued ASU No. 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes.” ASU No. 2019-12 simplifies the accounting for income taxes by eliminating certain exceptions to the guidance in Topic 740 related to the approach for intraperiod tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. The new guidance also simplifies aspects of the accounting for franchise taxes and enacted changes in tax laws or rates and clarifies the accounting for transactions that result in a step-up in the tax basis of goodwill and allocation of consolidated income taxes to separate financial statements of entities not subject to income tax. ASU No. 2019-12 is effective

for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted. Upon adoption, the Company must apply certain aspects of this standard retrospectively for all periods presented while other aspects are applied on a modified retrospective basis through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on its consolidated financial statements.