Morgan Stanley hires Obama counterterrorism advisor as technology executive

By Olivia Oran

(Reuters) - Morgan Stanley (NYSE: 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 (NYSE: GS) hired Andy Ozment, the former assistant secretary for cyber security and communications at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) has also hired a number of senior former military officers for cyber security in the last several years.

(Reporting by Olivia Oran in New York; Editing by Frances Kerry)

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