Example

using System;
using System.Security;
using System.Security.Permissions;

namespace Samples
{
  public class SecurityPermissionAttributeSample
  {
    public static void Main()
    {
      try
      {
        SecurityPermission sp =
          new SecurityPermission(
            SecurityPermissionFlag.Assertion);
        DoAssert();
        sp.Deny();
        DoAssert();
      }
      catch(Exception e)
      {
        Console.WriteLine("Exception: {0}", e);
      }
    }
    [SecurityPermissionAttribute(
      SecurityAction.Demand, Assertion=true)]
    public static void DoAssert()
    {
      Console.WriteLine("In method: DoAssert()");
      EnvironmentPermission p =
             new EnvironmentPermission(
                     EnvironmentPermissionAccess.Read,
                     "USERNAME");
      p.Assert();
      Console.WriteLine("Assert succeeded");
    }
  }
}
The output is:
 In method: DoAssert() Assert succeeded Exception: System.Security.SecurityException: ...

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