# AWS adds individual workload security rules to EKS Auto Mode

_Published Wednesday, November 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM EST · Security, Infrastructure · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

AWS says EKS Auto Mode now lets customers apply separate network security rules to individual Pods, the units that run application workloads in Kubernetes. Applications sharing a computing node can use different security groups without requiring separate node pools.

Customers assign groups through a SecurityGroupPolicy resource, allowing workloads to connect to databases that authorize access by security group. Pods without a matching policy retain their node's groups. The feature carries no additional charge and requires Kubernetes 1.36 or later, across regions supporting EKS Auto Mode.

## Sources

- [Recent Announcements](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/11/amazon-eks-auto-mode-security-groups-for-pods/)

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