Case Study: Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER) achieves centralized, automated restricted-data contract management with Agiloft

Protecting Ivy-League Research Data with Strategic Automation

Cornell’s Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER) supports social science and economic research, including the Cornell Restricted Access Data Center (CRADC) for sensitive datasets. As projects multiplied, CISER relied on multiple Excel sheets and a separate database to track contracts, communications, and user accounts—a manual, time‑consuming process that made reporting, traceability, and knowledge institutionalization difficult and threatened scalability without adding staff.

Working with Spectrum Mobility, CISER implemented Agiloft to consolidate project records, automate workflows, and govern communications. The system centralized attachments and audit trails, automated roughly 90% of outbound messages, provided flexible no‑code reporting and search, and let nontechnical staff update forms and fields. The result was faster reporting, better traceability, reduced staff time, and scalable operations that supported a marked increase in projects handled.

Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research (CISER)

Elena Goloborodko

Secure Data Services Manager