Enhanced anti-spoofing for facial recognition must be enabled on Windows 11.

STIG ID: WN11-CC-000195  |  SRG: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 |  Severity: medium |  CCI: CCI-000366 |  Vulnerability Id: V-253389 | 

Vulnerability Discussion

Enhanced anti-spoofing provides additional protections when using facial recognition with devices that support it.

Check

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding:

Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path: \SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Biometrics\FacialFeatures\

Value Name: EnhancedAntiSpoofing

Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x00000001 (1)

Fix

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Biometrics >> Facial Features >> "Configure enhanced anti-spoofing" to "Enabled".
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