Can OSX secure a 'Flash Drive'

I read in Wikipedeia that starting with Panther, apple software makes it possible to
secure the data on a usb flash drive. Allegedly in Disk Utility. But have not found it.
I assume it to mean password protect the flash drive.
Any help?

AMBER93 wrote:
ON THE SECURE disc image on the flash drive. It worked the first time; but on three subsequent times the flash drive has been plugged in it fails to ask for the password for the disc image file and opens the financial file directly.
Why????
When you created the image and entered a password, you probably had "Remember Password (add to Keychain)" checked.  That means on your own computer, you do not have to ask for the password, as it is saved in the keychain.  On any other machine, you would probably be asked for the password.
I believe you can remove that password from your keychain using Keychain Access.app in your utilities folder.  Ahh, yes you can.  Just find the name of the image in the list in Keychain Access and select delete from the edit menu.

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