You can enable FileVault on external drives starting with Lion [1].

Prior to that you probably want to look at TrueCrypt.

[1]: 
http://www.cultofmac.com/116292/encrypt-external-drives-with-file-vault-2-os-x-tips/

On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:47 AM, Carl Hoefs
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> I just got a Transcend 128GB USB thumb drive. I'm quite impressed, the read 
> speed is 30MB/sec and the write speed is about half that. So far so good.
>
> Is there a way to have some sort of FileVault auto-encryption for thumb 
> drives? That would be nice so if it's lost or lifted, the data contents won't 
> be retrievable. I'm on OSX ML but I interoperate with SL systems as well.
>
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