Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for document management in a network. The method includes acquiring, by an electronic device, a source document as an image, extracting, by the electronic device, a plurality of multi-modal information from the source document by parsing the source document, automatically determining, by the electronic device, a category of the source document based on a comparison of the extracted plurality of multi-modal information with a plurality of pre-defined features, extracting, by the electronic device, a plurality of data fields corresponding to the determined category from the source document, determining, by the electronic device, a priority for each of the plurality of data fields and storing, by the electronic device, the plurality of data fields in at least one of a secure information source and an unsecure information source based on the determined priority.