The da/sec group has been honoured with the prestigious Best Poster Award in the International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB) 2025 in Osaka, Japan. This year, the work developed by Juan Tapia and Christoph Busch was recognised in the third poster session by the work entitled „Can Foundation Model Predict Fitness for Duty?. This prize reflects the group’s innovative research and dedication to advancing knowledge in the domain of iris biometrics applications.