  The lack of guided exercises and practical opportunities to learn about
cybersecurity in a practical way makes it difficult for security experts to
improve their proficiency. Capture the Flag events and Cyber Ranges are ideal
for cybersecurity training. Thereby, the participants usually compete in teams
against each other, or have to defend themselves in a specific scenario. As
organizers of yearly events, we present a taxonomy for interactive cyber
training and education. The proposed taxonomy includes different factors of the
technical setup, audience, training environment, and training setup. By the
comprehensive taxonomy, different aspects of interactive training are
considered. This can help trainings to improve and to be established
successfully. The provided taxonomy is extendable and can be used in further
application areas as research on new security technologies.
