Securing ARM templates

Another important aspect related to creating enterprise ARM templates is securing them appropriately. ARM templates contain the resource configuration and vital information about infrastructure, and so they should not be compromised or accessible to unauthorized people.

The first step in securing ARM templates is storing them in storage accounts and stopping any anonymous access to the storage account container. Moreover, SAS tokens should be generated for storage accounts and used in ARM templates to consume linked templates. This will ensure that only the holders of SAS tokens can access the templates. Moreover, these SAS tokens should be stored in Azure Key Vault instead of being hardcoded into ARM templates. This will ensure that even the people responsible for deployment do not have access to the SAS token.

Another step in securing ARM templates is ensuring that any sensitive information and secrets, such as database connection strings, Azure subscription...