Subsequent Event	3 Months Ended
Jul. 03, 2015
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	Subsequent Events Planned divestiture of our information management business On August 10, 2015, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell the assets of our information management business to Carlyle for cash consideration of approximately $8.0 billion and the assumption of certain liabilities. The divestiture of our information management business will help us accelerate our unified security strategy, provide a stronger financial foundation for strategic investments, and return additional cash to our shareholders through a combination of share repurchases and dividends. The sale is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2016, subject to regulatory approvals and certain closing conditions, including the operational separation, in all material respects, of the information management business. We are in the process of evaluating the transaction and its impact on our consolidated financial statements, including evaluating the resulting net gain and income tax expense that will be recognized, based on all the terms of the agreement. The Company's U.S. and foreign income taxes payable resulting from the transaction are estimated to range from $1.3 billion to $1.7 billion. We expect that effective at the beginning of our third quarter of fiscal 2016, the financial results of our information management business will be presented as discontinued operations on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income when we meet the criteria for the information management business to be classified as held for sale. Subsequently, we will have two remaining reporting segments, Consumer Security and Enterprise Security. Stock repurchase program On August 9, 2015, our Board of Directors authorized a new $1.5 billion stock repurchase program which commenced immediately and does not have an expiration date. This is in addition to the previous program with $1.1 billion remaining authorized for future repurchase.

Subsequent Events

Planned divestiture of our information management business

On August 10, 2015, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell the assets of our information management business to Carlyle for cash consideration of approximately $8.0 billion and the assumption of certain liabilities. The divestiture of our information management business will help us accelerate our unified security strategy, provide a stronger financial foundation for strategic investments, and return additional cash to our shareholders through a combination of share repurchases and dividends. The sale is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2016, subject to regulatory approvals and certain closing conditions, including the operational separation, in all material respects, of the information management business.

We are in the process of evaluating the transaction and its impact on our consolidated financial statements, including evaluating the resulting net gain and income tax expense that will be recognized, based on all the terms of the agreement. The Company's U.S. and foreign income taxes payable resulting from the transaction are estimated to range from $1.3 billion to $1.7 billion.

We expect that effective at the beginning of our third quarter of fiscal 2016, the financial results of our information management business will be presented as discontinued operations on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income when we meet the criteria for the information management business to be classified as held for sale. Subsequently, we will have two remaining reporting segments, Consumer Security and Enterprise Security.

Stock repurchase program

On August 9, 2015, our Board of Directors authorized a new $1.5 billion stock repurchase program which commenced immediately and does not have an expiration date. This is in addition to the previous program with $1.1 billion remaining authorized for future repurchase.