I keep reading about all these ransomware attacks where victims paid, because they didn't have backups.

Here's a thought:

Run regular backups.

It's not hard, nor is it expensive. Certainly cheaper that paying crypto ransom.

Automated nightly backups to local and/or off-site storage can be handled by any number of easy-to-run utilities.

Run monthly backups to optical media. Quality discs are reliable for decades. You can't say that about hard drives or tape.

#cososec