Welcome Chancellor David D. McManus

Session Description

This session covers how cyber-attacks arrive and what staff are expected to do when one reaches them. We open with the threat landscape and why employee accounts are a primary entry point, and what an attacker gains from a single compromised login. The core of the session is phishing: the impersonation and baiting tactics behind it, the indicators that give a message away, and exactly how to report one you're unsure about. We will also cover AI deepfakes and social engineering; synthetic voice and video used to impersonate colleagues and leadership, and the pretexting and urgency patterns underneath them. The session closes with handling sensitive data, the need-to-know access, securing screens and documents, and how to report a suspected incident.

Participation in this module will satisfy participant’s mandatory 2027 cyber security training requirement.

Speaker Bios

David D. McManus

David D. McManus, MD’02, ScM’12, MBA, professor of medicine, renowned clinical and research cardiologist, and expert in digital medicine, is the chancellor of UMass Chan Medical School. Dr. McManus was appointed in April 2026 and began his tenure in June 2026.

He is the first alumnus to lead UMass Chan.

McManus is the founding director of UMass Chan’s Program in Digital Medicine and has secured more than $140 million in National Institutes of Health funding. He has published more than 400 scientific papers focused on digital health and cardiovascular care. Throughout his career, he has led efforts to train the next generation of healthcare innovators and researchers through programs funded by the NIH and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He has advised and mentored more than 100 undergraduate and graduate students, research staff, postdoctoral trainees and faculty members.