Information Technology Executive
Before retiring in 2005, Peter S. Tasker was Executive Director of the Security and Information Operations Division at MITRE Corporation, a non-profit organization that provides systems engineering, research and development, and information technology support to the government. Chartered to work in the public interest, MITRE operates federally funded research and development centers for the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Internal Revenue Service.
In his position, Mr. Tasker had corporate responsibility for the protection of MITRE's unclassified internal network and for all of MITRE's information security work. In 1999, Mr. Tasker’s division created the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) initiative, a dictionary of standardized names and descriptions for publicly known information security vulnerabilities and exposures. CVE enables companies to improve their commercial security products through better information-sharing among users and interoperability with other vendors’ products. As a private, non-profit company, MITRE was able to broker requirements and standards among the various organizations in a way that did not compromise their competitive advantages.
Since retiring from MITRE, Mr. Tasker has devoted more time to working with youth programs in underserved neighborhoods of Boston. He tutors in an after-school program and mentors kids in a weekend enrichment program. He is a member of the Action for Justice Leadership Team at the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry in Roxbury, MA. He is also an avid skier and mountain biker.
He holds a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master’s degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
