Microsoft Windows 11 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Severity

Version

V2 · R11

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

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

Microsoft Windows 11 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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.

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Objective

V-253389

Rule

SV-253389r1268251_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

WN11-CC-000195

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

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 Intune-managed systems)

Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x00000001 (1)

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

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.

STIG check 129 of 257 in the Microsoft Windows 11 STIG checklist

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