SV-253389r1268251: Enhanced anti-spoofing for facial recognition must be enabled on Windows 11. | Microsoft Windows 11 STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

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

Description

Discussion Text

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.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000366

References

DPMS Target Microsoft Windows 11 DISA DPMS Target Microsoft Windows 11 5471

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

# Windows PowerShell
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.stig.windows11:def:253389
# Enhanced anti-spoofing for facial recognition must be enabled on Windows 11.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# Enhanced anti-spoofing for facial recognition must be enabled
# registry_object (registry_test)
function test_1 {
  return ((((@{String='reg_sz';ExpandString='reg_expand_sz';Binary='reg_binary';DWord='reg_dword';MultiString='reg_multi_sz';QWord='reg_qword';None='reg_none'}[(Get-Item -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Biometrics\FacialFeatures').GetValueKind('EnhancedAntiSpoofing').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Biometrics\FacialFeatures' -Name 'EnhancedAntiSpoofing' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'EnhancedAntiSpoofing') -eq 1)) -or (((@{String='reg_sz';ExpandString='reg_expand_sz';Binary='reg_binary';DWord='reg_dword';MultiString='reg_multi_sz';QWord='reg_qword';None='reg_none'}[(Get-Item -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Policies\PassportForWork\Biometrics').GetValueKind('FacialFeaturesUseEnhancedAntiSpoofing').ToString()]) -eq 'reg_dword') -and (((Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Policies\PassportForWork\Biometrics' -Name 'FacialFeaturesUseEnhancedAntiSpoofing' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty 'FacialFeaturesUseEnhancedAntiSpoofing') -eq 1)))
}

if (test_1) {
  Write-Output "PASS"
} else {
  Write-Output "FAIL"
}

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Syntax-checked as valid PowerShell. Not executed here — running it for real needs the actual ms_windows_11 target this check assesses.

# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.windows11:def:253389
$compliant = (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Biometrics\FacialFeatures' -Name 'EnhancedAntiSpoofing' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).EnhancedAntiSpoofing -eq 1 -and (Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Policies\PassportForWork\Biometrics' -Name 'FacialFeaturesUseEnhancedAntiSpoofing' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).FacialFeaturesUseEnhancedAntiSpoofing -eq 1
if ($compliant) { Write-Output "PASS"; exit 0 } else { Write-Output "FAIL"; exit 1 }

Remediation

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.