Morgan Stanley
VP, Cyber, Technology and Information Security Risk - Digital Assets
$95K–$170K
Dallas, Texas · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of technology and/or security risk-related work experience; preferably in financial services working with digital assets.
- Education
- Computer Science or Cyber / Information Security degree preferred but not essential.
About the job
Provides independent second-line oversight of cyber, technology, and information security risks across Morgan Stanley’s digital asset ecosystem, including custody, trading, and distributed ledger infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Review digital asset risk exposures and assess the effectiveness of controls, escalating material gaps and influencing remediation and risk acceptance.
- Improve risk visibility through metrics, reporting, and scenario analysis; report emerging risks and incidents.
- Support regulatory obligations and engagement, build stakeholder relationships, and coach NFR CTIS team members.
What they ask for
- Strong understanding of blockchain and Web3 activities, including crypto trading, wallets, tokenization, custody, digital identity, and associated rules and regulations.
- Experience assessing or managing digital asset risks, including private key and wallet security, smart contract vulnerabilities, blockchain infrastructure, third-party dependencies, and transaction monitoring.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, leadership, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Nice to have
- Financial services experience working with digital assets.
- Technology/security risk management or audit experience; relevant certifications such as CISM, CISA, or CISSP.
Pay
$95,000 and $170,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
blockchain, Web3, crypto trading, wallet infrastructure, asset tokenization, smart contracts, distributed ledger technologies
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