Cyber leadership profile
Morgan Stanley is a global investment bank and financial services firm providing capital markets, wealth management, and investment management services. It serves a diverse client base including corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals across more than 40 countries. For a security leader, the organization represents a high-stakes environment focused on protecting global financial data, maintaining regulatory compliance, and securing complex trading infrastructure.
Open leadership roles
1
1 at Director level or above
Opened, last 12 months
2
2 Director+
Prior 12 months
0
Hiring velocity
Moderate
Median Opportunity Score 66
2 leadership roles observed in the last 12 months. CLI has no coverage of the prior year for this employer. Counts reflect roles Morgan Stanley posted that CLI has observed and published; they are not a complete record of the employer's hiring.
Alvaro Garrido
Group Chief Information Security OfficerHiring influence: HighStated publiclyHigh confidenceServes as the Group Chief Information Security Officer, overseeing global security strategy.
Katherine Wetmur
Chief Technology OfficerHiring influence: HighStated publiclyHigh confidenceAs CTO, she oversees the broader technology infrastructure that supports security operations.
Rachel Wilson
Managing Director, Head of Wealth Management CybersecurityHiring influence: HighStated publiclyHigh confidenceHead of Cybersecurity for Wealth Management, focusing on client-facing security and fraud prevention.
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The Group CISO typically reports to the Chief Operating Officer or Chief Information Officer, with direct engagement with the Board's Operations and Technology Committee. The organization uses a federated model where business-line security heads align with the Group CISO.
Major functions
Maturity indicators
Morgan Stanley exhibits high security maturity, characterized by specialized leadership for business units (Wealth Management) and a centralized Group CISO function. The firm integrates cyber defense with fraud and physical security through its Fusion Center model.
Organization figures are CLI estimates, not disclosures. High confidence
Jan 2022
Morgan Stanley reaches $60M settlement over data center decommissioning incidents
Regulatory activityHigh confidenceMorgan Stanley agreed to a $60 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit following two data security incidents involving the decommissioning of data centers.
SourceOct 2020
OCC Fines Morgan Stanley $60 Million for Data Security Failures
Regulatory activityHigh confidenceThe OCC fined Morgan Stanley $60 million for failure to exercise proper oversight in the decommissioning of two U.S. data centers in 2016.
SourceExtracted verbatim from this employer's security postings. Absence from this list does not mean the tool is not in use.
Morgan Stanley · Financial Services
New York, NY · Onsite
$120,000 – $210,000 base, disclosed
Employer title: Vice President, Cyber, Technology and Information Security (CTIS) Risk Oversight Lead
SVP-equivalent
CLI Career Level
66
Opportunity
Solid · Last verified 1 hour ago
Cyber Leadership Index compiles these dossiers from public sources and the employer's own postings. Inferred figures are labelled with a confidence level; anything CLI cannot establish is shown as unknown rather than estimated. Last refreshed September 19, 2026.