By Olivia Oran
(Reuters) - Morgan Stanley (N:MS) has hired a former senior counterterrorism advisor in the Obama administration, Jen Easterly, to advise the bank on managing technology risk.
Easterly started at the bank in the last several weeks, a Morgan Stanley spokesman confirmed.
Easterly had most recently served on the National Security Council as the senior director for counterterrorism and a special assistant to former President Barack Obama.
Other big banks have recently hired senior ex-government officials to help them combat online threats.
Earlier this year, Goldman Sachs Group (N:GS) hired Andy Ozment, the former assistant secretary for cyber security and communications at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
JPMorgan Chase & Co (N:JPM) has also hired a number of senior former military officers for cyber security in the last several years.