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

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.

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)

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.