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Imaging Tech Lobby Group Hires New Cybersecurity Chief

In a sign of the times, the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance, a major medtech trade organization in Washington, DC, has established a new director position on cybersecurity and has hired someone to fill it. Zack Hornberger will lead MITA's efforts to develop positions on cybersecurity policy and standards.

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance has hired a former executive of a cybersecurity software firm to lead the lobby group's policy and standardization efforts on cybersecurity matters. The brand-new position in MITA is an indicator of how crucial the issue has become for industry.

Zack Hornberger was named MITA's director of cybersecurity and imaging informatics at the medical imaging and radiopharmaceutical trade group as...

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