What sort of USB drive? Flash memory? Spinning rust? What sort of encryption? Hardware? Software? If software, what platform? If you use hardware encrypt

What sort of USB drive? Flash memory? Spinning rust? What sort of encryption? Hardware? Software? If software, what platform? If you use hardware encryption, it will work independent of OS platform. You can buy removable flash drives and rotational media both with built-in encryption: http://www.wired.com/2012/07/reviews_secure_hard_drives/?viewall=true http://www.wired.com/2012/07/reviews_secure_hard_drives/?vie... and http://www.pcworld.com/article/254816/the_best_encrypted_flash_drives.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/254816/the_best_encrypted_fla... for example. You can also buy hardware encryption enclosures for rotational media (or I guess SSDs) of your own provision, as well as use hardware encryption pass-through adapters for USB flash drives (or any USB media, I suppose): http://www.zdnet.com/encrypt-all-your-usb-storage-media-with-cipherusb-7000017141/ http://www.zdnet.com/encrypt-all-your-usb-storage-media-with...