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 (CAT II)  |  CCI: CCI-000366 |  Vulnerability Id: V-253389

Vulnerability Discussion

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

Note: A different registry location is needed when systems are managed by Intune versus GPO.

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\ (For GPO-managed systems)
Or
Registry Path: \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Policies\PassportForWork\Biometrics\ (For Intune-managed systems)

Value Name: EnhancedAntiSpoofing
Or
Value Name: FacialFeaturesUseEnhancedAntiSpoofing (For GPO-managed systems)

Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x00000001 (1)

Fix

For GPO-managed systems:

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

For Intune-managed systems:

Revise the Intune policy to enable enhanced anti-spoofing for Facial Features.