Calling it the first law of its kind, Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano said the new law would cut down on identity theft while allowing businesses to avoid the "public relations disasters" that accompany data breaches. He's right about the second part, anyway. When CardSystems was hacked after deciding to contravene its agreement with Visa and keep names and credit card numbers used in transactions it processed, the result was an avalanche of bad press along with a lot of lost business.

According to the county's CIO, county officials found that almost half of the 248 WiFi networks discovered during a 20-minute wardriving session were wide open. That led to the new mandatory security measures for certain businesses, along with a requirement that businesses operating open WiFi networks to post signs to warn their customers about the perils of surfing unprotected networks.

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