What is the difference between a countermeasure and a control?

While reading the OWASP site, I stumbled upon pages

www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:Countermeasure

and开发者_如何学C

www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:Control.

My question is simple: what's the difference between the two?

I'm sure I could see it if there was more information, but right now they both seem to state that they are something that are used to detect, deter, or deny attacks.

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It is apparent from the supplied links, that at least OWASP considers them to be synonyms.

"Category:Control

This category is a parent category used to track categories of controls (or countermeasure, security mechanisms)."